Márk Bíró | |
Order: | Member of the National Assembly |
Term Start: | 14 May 2010 |
Term End: | 1 May 2022 |
Birth Date: | 1974 |
Birth Place: | Eger, Hungary |
Profession: | politician |
Party: | Fidesz (since 2002) |
Spouse: | Ivetta Bíróné Wiltner |
Children: | Nikoletta |
Márk Bíró (born 1974)[1] is a Hungarian politician of the party Fidesz.He was a member of the National Assembly (MP) from the party's Nógrád County Regional List between 2010 and 2014, and the Fidesz–KDNP national list from 2014 to 2022.[2]
Bíró graduated as a technical salesman in Salgótarján. He joined Fidesz after the party lost the 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election. He was elected a member of the Nógrád County Assembly during the 2006 local elections. He functioned as party director of the local Fidesz branch in Northern Hungary.[3] In the Hungarian parliament, Bíró was involved in the Defence and Internal Security Committee from 21 June 2010 to 1 May 2021, and in the Committee on Consumer Protection for a brief time in May–June 2010.[2]
According to former Democratic Coalition (DK) politician Bálint Szabó, Bíró played a role in the leaking of Ferenc Gyurcsány's speech in Balatonőszöd in May 2006. On June 27, 2013, Szabó said Eduardo Rózsa-Flores gave the recording to Bíró. The speech was made public several months later, which led to the 2006 protests in Hungary.[4]
Márk Bíró decided to retire from politics and not to run in the 2022 parliamentary election. Throughout his 12 years of parliamentary activity, Bíró never once spoke at a plenary session of the parliament.[3] [5] [6] [7]
He is married. His wife is Ivetta Bíróné Wiltner. They have a daughter, Nikoletta.[8]